Man, 44, dead after bar fight; suspect in custody

A 44-year-old man is dead and a 68-year-old Corpus Christi man has been
charged with murder in connection with a stabbing at a bar - the city's
first homicide of the year.

At about 4 p.m. Sunday, police were called to a bar in the 2200
block of Agnes Street where they found Daniel Alvarez, who is police
Chief Pete Alvarez's nephew, with a stab wound to the lower left
portion of his chest. He was pronounced dead a short time later.

"Witnesses and a bartender said there was an argument at the bar,"
said Police Cmdr. Mike Walsh. "And they saw (Aurelio) Hernandez pull
something from his pocket and strike Alvarez on the left side of the
body before running."

Walsh said a knife was found under an ashtray and that the 15 people
in the bar all told police they didn't see anything.

Hernandez remained in the Nueces County Jail on Tuesday on a
$100,000 bond.